Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 101, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 September 1928 — Page 9

SEPT. 17, 1928.

MURAT TEMPLE . READY TO OPEN FALUEASON Winter Events Will Be Mapped at Meeting Tonight. The winter calendar of Muiat Shrine Temple was announced today by WLliam Bockstahler, potentiate. The program opens tonight with a stated meeting at 7:30 at the Murat Temple. Further plans for the winter will be outlined at the session and social. The Caravan luncheon will open its season Thursday at the temple. Mayor L. Ert Slack will be the principal speaker, and a representative of the Chamber of Commerce also will speak. Frank D. Stalnaker, . president, will be toastmaster, and the Caravan program for %ch Thursday noon. ■ Shrine to Logansport ™On Sept. 28, Murat will be the guest of the Logansport Shrine Club k, there. The club has about 300 uniformed and trained men. Murat members will leave Indianapolis about 1 p. m. and will assemble at f.he Logansport Masonic Temple at 3 p. m. (central standard time). A street parade will be staged at 4 p. m. with all Shriners participating. Potentate Bockstahler, Frank G. Laid, assistant rabban; Leslie D. Clancy, high priest; Charles S. Barker, recorder, and several other notables will accompany the Murat delegation. A banquet will be- served in the evening at the Masonic Temple. Reservations are being made with Charles Massena, secretary at the Temple in Logansport. The annual Shrine pilgrimage to the Masonic Home at Franklin, Ind., will be held Oct. 7. Nobles and their families will attend. A special traction car will take those not going by automobile. 400 to Take Work The October stated meeting will be held Oct. 15 with a fun fest afterward. The Shrine film, “An Equal Chance,” will be shown at 3 p. m., Sunday, Oct. 21, at the Murat Theater. The final class of the year will be initiated Friday afternoon and evening, Dec. 7, at Murat Temple. About 400 are expected to take the work. Frank C. James, imperial potentate of North America, was expected to attend the ceremonial, but it was found he will be unable to keep the appointment. At present he is planning to attend the showing of the Shrine film, Oct. 21.

ANNIVERSARY OBSERVED North Park Eastern Star Holds Reception. The thirteenth anniversary of the founding of the North Park Chapter of the Eastern Star was celebrated with a reception of grand officers and patrons. Those in the receiving line were: Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Sears, Danville; Mrs. Blanche Riggett and Mrs. Philip Zoercher, Indianapolis, grand officers of Indiana; and past matrons and patrons and chapter members of North Park. Mrs. James Campbell was chairman of decorations and Mrs. Robert Owens, chairman of refreshments. Mrs. Allie Allen, past matron, gave a history of the chapter. BLUE DEVILS TRAIN Sahara Grotto Drill Team Holds Practice Every Night * The Blue Devil drill team of Sahara Grotto is holding meetings every Friday night at Tomlinson hall, according to M. W. Dallas. The next session will be- the third this fall. C. Wilbur Fr.fcer is president. A. R. Carney, secretary and Michael F. Scully, captain. / Drill Team to Give Parties Drill team of Capitol Rebekah Lodge will give a benefit card party every other week at the lodge hall, Hamilton Ave. and Washington St. The first of the series will be held at 8:30 p. m. Tuesday. The committee in charge includes: Mrs. Laura McKelvy, noble grand; Mrs. Ida Sneadker, vice-grand, and Mrs. Ellen B. Yunt, financial secretary.

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State Officers Named at Session of Patriotic Order Sons of America

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Left to Right—Samuel D. Symmnes, E. O. Dickey, Earle Wilkinson, O. N. Clifton and William H. McNeeley.

MAPLE CAMP TO INITIATE 20 Modern Woodmen Lodge to Hold Ceremonies. Degree team of Maple Camp of the Modem Woodmen of America under the leadership of Charles E Forey, captain, will initiate twenty candidates Thursday night, ac - cording to M. T. Wright, district deputy. The newly organized orchestra and trio will entertain. Refreshments will be served, and Wright promises a surprise feature for the evening. The orchestra is composed of E. R. Zike, Ellis Dunn, Robert Clutter and Edward Davis. The trio is Harry Senour, George C. Brown and Dunn. All Modern Woodmen are invited. Marion Camp degree team will hold the annual election of officers Thursday night at the home of Harry E. Argus, 1524 N. Gale St. They also will plan the fall program and the winter euchre parties, the first of which will be held Oct. 9. A bowling league among the nine Marion County Woodmen camps is" being planned. John W. Sproule is chairman of the committee. The first meeting of representatives will be held Sept. 25 at the M. W. A Hall, 322 E. N. York St.

TRAVELERS TO FROLIC Salesmen Invite Public to Party Oct. 13. For the first time in thirty-four years, the public will be invited to attend a benefit frolic by members of the Local No. 4 of the United Commercial Travellers the night of Oct. 13 in the Riley Room of the Claypool. More than 2,000 persons are expected to boost the local widows and orphans fund. Traveling men for retail and wholesale houses are members of the U. C. T. Officers are: H. W. Dodge, Harry Olsen, William F. McMillan, Everett Wilmer, Walter Eckert, W. H. Shell, Ray Maxwell, Howard Kimball, V. Sholty and W. V. Kinsley. START PENSION DRIVE Eagles to Open Publicity Push For Old Age Bill. A state-wide publicity campaign in behalf of an old age pension bill to be introduced in the session of the Indiana legislature opening next January will be opened this week. The bill is sponsored by the Fraternal Ord:r of Eagles which has a member ;ip of 40,000 in Indiana. In direct charge of the drive for the bill is a commission of which Otto P. DeLuse, Indianapolis, is head, and which includes a member from each of the thirteen congressional districts in the State. S. B. A. INITIATES TWO Robert Green Still Heads Leading Membership Team. Mrs. Stacy Dutton and Miss Fern Barnes were initiated into the Marion Council of the Security Benefit Association at the last meeting. Mrs. Mella Leught and Mrs. Madge Maddox of Wabash council, Terre Haute, Ind., were guests. Mrs. Leught read her report of the national convention held at Grand Rapids, Mich. Robert Green still heads the leading team in the membership campaign, it is repotred. A dance on Sept. 26 is being planned by J. W. Willis, chairman of the entertainment committee. BOWLERS OPEN PLAY K. of C. League Gets Away to Flying Start. The second session of the Knights of Columbus bowling league will be held Wednesday night at the Century alleys, according to David Deery, president. The league got away to a flying start last week under the direction of Derry, John Corcoran, vice-president; and Francis Raferty, secretary. 20 TO BE INITIATED Arrius Court of Ben Hur to Give Work Tonight. ' About twenty candidates will be initiated tonight by Arrius Court of Ben Hur at Moose Hall, 135 N. Delaware St., upder the direction of Louie Mills, drill master. Members of Ben Hur at Sheridan, Ind., have been invited to attend the ceremonies, and they will be guests of honor. Tirzah Court to Meet Tirzah Club will meet Thursday night at the home of Mrs. Sophie Meyer, 241 l Roosevelt Ave., according to Mrs. Gertrude Kincaid, president.

Crawfordsville Man Chosen President of Organization. Officers were named to head the Staate organization of the Patriotic Order Sons of America at the Indiana convention here. Officers are: William H. McNeeley, Crawfordsivlle, president; O. N. Clifton, Indianapolis, vicepresident; Earle Wilkinson, Crawfordsville, master of forms; Samuel D. Symmes, Crawfordsville, secretary; E. O. Dickey, Indianapolis, treasurer; Arthur Dummick, Indianapolis, conductor; Frank Ellis, Crawfordsville, inspector; Ernest Dummick, Indianapolis, guard; J. F. Mapes, Glenwood, trustee; the Rev. Dale Bennett, Indianapolis, chaplain; and E. A. Rice, Crawfordsville, assistant secretary. The band from the Crawfordsville camp was made official musical organization of the state group after a concert during the convention. Indianapolis was designated as the 1929 meeting place.

HIGH MASONS MEETTUE3DAY 100 Hoosiers In Atlantic City for Supreme Council. Supreme council of thirty-third degree Scottish Rite masons will convene in Atlantic City, N. J., Tuesday for a three-day session with about 100 representatives attending. One party left Indianapolis Sunday afternoon in two special Pullmans and another group from northern Indiana departed from Ft. Wayne. Dr. Gaylor M. Leslie, Ft. Wayne, Indiana deputy, headed the delegation. Winfield T. Durbin, Anderson, an active member of the supreme council, also went with the group. There are 115 thirty-third degree Masons in Indiana at the present time. The degree is not obtainable by petition but by election through the supreme council for meritorious work in the organization. Dr. Leslie ir commander-in-chief of the Indiana Council of Deliberation which is composed of active and honorary members from consistories in Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne and Evansville. BOSTONIANS COMING Pythians Prepare to Greet Boosters’ Club. The Boston (Mass.) Pythian Pilgrimage Boosters* Club will be welcomed in Indianapolis Sept. 24 by local K. of P and D. O. K. K. members, according to Harry South, chairman in charge. The automobile caravan of Eastern members will be met on the National Rd. east of Indianapolis and will be escorted to Castle Hall, 230 E. Ohio St., at 2:30 p. m. The Joint meeting will be held that night. . < Shrine Forms Bowling League The Shrine bowling league is being organized for the winter schedule. Committees in charge include Arthur Kimber, patrol; Frank Richards, gun club; H. M. Tebay, band; W. H. Draper, chanters, and H. D. Kellenbach, social.

Your Page Indianapolis lodges are opening their winter programs of activity. Officers are returning from their vacations. New features are being planned to entertain and benefit members. Do you know what your lodge is doing, now? Do you know what their plans are for fall and winter? The answer is easy. Just read The Indianapolis Times Fraternal Page Monday. Every story is about local and State lodges and fraternal orders. You read about your brothers; you see what your own lodge is doing, and you see their future plans. State secretaries and local lodge officers indorse The Times Fraternal Page, and they send in news of their activities each week. Many lodges have appointed publicity managers who cooperate with the Fraternal Editor in publishing news of their lodge. This is your page, Mr. Member, and is written for you.

THE INDIANA

DECATUR HOLDS FRATERNAL DAY Celebration Part of Home Week. •/ Bp Timet Special DECATUR. Ind., Sept. 17.—Several local and State officials of lodges and fraternal organizations participated in the “Fraternal Day” celebration last week at Decatur, Ind., as part of the Old Home Week sponsored by civic committees. Fred Atwood, Indianapolis, Minn., supreme prelate of the Knights of Pythias, was the principal speaker. Atwood, who is blind, may return to Indiana for the grand lodge convention in Indianapolis Oct. 1-3, it is said. Dolph E. Farr, Edinburg, chancellor, and Carl R. Mitchell, Indianapolis, grand keeper of records and seals, also were guests of honor. James E. Ford spoke in the evening in front of Moose Hall. Drill team exhibitions were given after the speeches. Those in charge of the night parade were: Paul Graham, American Legion; C. E. Peterson, Shrine: Ferd Major, Odd Fellows; Ed. Beery, Knights of Pythias; Daniel M. Niblack, Knights of Columbus; Roy Mumma, Lions; Martin Mylott, Rotary; Mathias Brlener, RediMen; Dr. G. F. Eichhorn, Elks; and Charles Heare, Moose.

maeMotes J. Albert Smith, 2218 N. Meridian St., is showing a slight improvement after several weeks illness, according to the report of George Rice, chairman of the Knights of Columbus visiting committee. J. Sondermann, Jasper, ’ind., is a patient in St. Vincent’s hospital, and Judge Ed Dietz, 127 Nakemeyer St., is'confined to his home with a stroke of paralysis. Brookside Lodge of Odd Fellows will hold a rally meeting Sept. 26 under the direction of Clarence Brown, secretary. Founders Chapter of the American War Mothers will meet from 2 to 4 p. m. Tuesday in the Assembly room of the Meyer-Kiser Bank, according to Mrs. C. C. Kirk, president. This -1.1 l.c the first session in the new meeting place. Queen Esther auxiliary members are requested to meet at 2 p. m. Tuesday on the fifth floor of the New York store to register for a benefit to be given by the order. A free beauty lecture will be given. The Capitol Rebekah lodge No. 839 meets at 8 'Monday night in I. O. O. F. hall at Hamilton and E. Washington Sts. SHEPHERDS TO INITIATE i i Golden Rule Lodge Will Hold Session Wednesday. Twenty-five candidates will be initiated in the third degree at 8 p. m. Wednesday at P. H. C. Hall, East and Michigan Sts., by the Golden Rule Lodge of the Ancient Order of Shepherds, according to George Kincaid. Grand lodge officers from Toledo will attend. Luncheon will be served and other entertainment is planned. T Candidates to Take Work * A class of candidates will be initiated by Indianapolis Lodge, No. 13, of the Elks, Sept. 28. at the clubhouse, St. Clair and Meridian Sts. Charles L., Hughes, exalted ruler, will be in charge. Lodge to Give Degree Fellowcraft degree will be given Tuesday night by Englewood lodge, No. 715, F. and A. M., at the Masonic Temple, 2716 E. Washington St., according to Chester Ward, secretary. Apprentice Degree on Program Entered apprentice degree will be given at 6:30 p. m. today by Ancent Landmarks lodge, No. 319, F. end A. M., at the Masonic Temple, North and Illinois Sts. Three candidates will be initiated. Club to Give Card Party The Silver Arrow Club of the Pocahontas lodge will have a card party at the home of Mrs. Grace Garringer, 1322 W. Thirtieth St., the afternoon of Sept. 21. Merry Makers to Meet Merry Makers Club will meet on Tuesday at the home of Joseph Dasch, 1451 S. Meridian St., according to Lottie Davis, president.

POLIS TIMES

GAVIN NAME 1 } K. OF G. HEAD; HOMEBOOSTED $300,000 Fund Sought for Boys’ Institution at ' Terre Haute. James E. Gavin was elected grand knight of the Knights of Columbus at the annual election at the * last meeting. Other officers: William Schnorr, deputy grand knight; John A. Royce, chancellor; John Minta, treasurer; Fred C. Strack, recording secretary; C. J. Beidelman, warden; Peter J. Hickey, inside guard; William Moran and Russell Woods, outside guards; Edward P. Brennan, advocate, and James E. Deery, trustee. Although no opposition ticket was placed in the field, contests were started on the floor in several instances when nominations were presented without previous notice. • Seek $300,000 Home The meeting developed into a booster session for the Gibault Home for Boys at Terre Haute, with the speech of the Rev. Father Paul Deery, Bloomington, Ind., in behalf of the campaign for $300,000 fund for the maintenance of the home. Under the plan, the American Central Life Insurance Company will give SIOO to the home after five years on every SI,OOO policy written by the K. of C. The plan was indorsed by the State council, and the local council will cooperate. Gavin was elected by acclamation. Schnorr won over George Bischoff, regular ticket nominee, after he was nominated by Harry Calland. Royce was elected without opposition. Minta was elected treasurer over Joseph Secton, regular ticket nominee. The rest of the regular ticket was named without opposition. Initiation Tonight George Rice, chairman of the visiting committee, tendered his resignation after a year’s work. The council adopted a resolution of appreciation for his “remarkable work.” The resignation was accompanied with five recommendations for the organization of the visiting committee for the coming year. . * With the election over, knights will turn their attention to the first degree exemplification tonight for twenty-five candidates. The initiation is preparatory to the exemplification of the major degrees this fall. "

4 TEMPLES AT FETE Pythian Sisters to Be Guests at Irvington. Marion County association of the four Pythian Sister Temples will be guests of the Irvington Temple, Tuesday afternoon and evening, according to Ida Perry, press correspondent. Temples to participate are Myrtle, Banner, Monitor and Irvington. The afternoon program will open at 2, and a covered dish and sandwich luncheon will be served at 6 p. m. The evening program will be under the direction of Irvington Temple and Anna Lochenhour, most excellent chief. Degree work will be conferred by the Banner Temple staff, in charge of Minnie Johnson, captain of the team. Mrs. Mabel Norman, association president, will preside at all sessions. r I SAVI Fraternal Editor, Times: Relative to your story in a recent issue about the oldest Odd Fellow in the United States I wish to bring forward the record of two of our members. J. L. Dunning joined in 1868 and J. H. Hoffman joined in 1870. The unique part of their record is that they still are very active in Odd Fellowship. They also are members of the G. A. R. S. C. SACKET, Secretary Excelsior Lodge I. O. O.F. Ligonier, Indiana. VISITORS ARE HONORED Noon Luncheon Held for Guests By Fidelity Review. Mrs. Gertrude Baker Hineshy, Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Alice Hiltshire, Indianapolis, were guests of honor Wednesday at a noon luncheon given by the Fidelity Review of the Womans Benefit Association at 230 E. Ohio St.. Mrs. Cora Hoffacker was chairman, according to Mrs. Nettie Lotz, press correspondent. More than thirty members at* tended. Mrs. Hoffacker was assisted by Mrs. Mary McGary, and Mrs. L. Jane Gray, president. A public carcF party was given in the afternoon under the direction of Mrs. Hannah Hiatt, Masons to Exemplify Degrees By Timet Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 15. South Bend chapter of Royal Arch Masons will exemplify the Mark and Past Master degrees this week and the Royal Arch and Most Excellent Master degrees. Sept. 26, at the Masonic Temple.

Office Closed Office of the State secretary of the Rebekah Lodge will be closed Tuesday for one week, it was announced today by Mrs. Grace E. Child, State secretary. Business of the Rebekah lodge will be transacted in the Odd Fellow grand lodge office, twelfth floor, Odd Fellow Bldg., Pennsylvania and Washington Sts., until the reopening Sept. 25.

Pythian Post Candidates

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Two candidates for three year trustee terms in the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias were announced today through Carl R. Mitchell, grand keeper of records and seals. John H. Frank, Lebanon, and Henry S. Bailey, Peru, have filed for the office and one of them will he elected during the grand lodge convention in Indianapolis Oct. 1-3.

Pythian Grand Officers Reports Are Announced

Material in Pamphlet Will Go Before Parley. Advance reports of grand lodge convention of the grand lodge of officers for the sixtieth annual the Knights of Pythias was released for publication today by Carl R. Mitchell, grand keeper of records and seals. Material in the eighty-four page pamphlet will be acted on during the convention in Indianapolis Oct. 1-3. One of the most important parts is the proposal to amend the grand statutes to admit Pythian Sisters and their children to the K. of P. Home at Lafayette. Ind. If the amendment is passed, a law will be proposed to create an annual tax of 50 cents per capita on Pythian Sisters for maintenance of the Home. It also will be provided to have Pythian Sister representatives on the Home board of directors. Many other sections of the grand statutes will be revised to coincide with the changes made at the supreme lodge convention held recently. In most cases the changes are minor and i>ertain to specific duties of officers in various branches. The advance report also contains the report of Dolph E. Farr, Edinburg, Ind., grand chancellor of Indiana, and reports of other grand officers.

NEW BOOSTEH CHIEFS Sahara Organization’s Fall Activities Under Way Soon. Sahara Boosters will be directed this year by anew set of officers taking charge of the fall activities. Mary Herrick is president; Nell Rubel, vice president; Jenny Wells, treasurer, and Margaret Redman, drum major. Pythians Hold Open-Air Meeting Seventh district Pythian Lodges met at Harrison’s farm Saturday night for the first open-air meeting tb be given by the organization. Page rank work was followed by a dramatized version of "Damon and Pythias.” Those with principal roles were J. R. Stevens, J. H. Quire, Dr. Colon V. Dunbar, L. Riggle, William ,H. Richardson and Arthur K. Group.

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T. P. A. CLOSES STATE PARLEY Two-Day Session Held at Local Offices. The Travelers Protective Association closed its State meeting Saturday after two days of business sessions. John C. Gierhart, Anderson, president, presided. Others attending were S. M. Petti john. Muncie, State director; John S. Peterson, Decatur, State director: Frank Esshon, Hammond, State director; W. D. Middleton, Marion, State director; O. F. Sauer, New Albany, State director; Thomas S. Gutelius, Indianapolis, chairman of the board; C. A. Tucker, Indianapolis, past president; Dan Dunn, Indianapolis, past president; M. L. Osborne, Indianapolis, past president of post B; George Oexner, Indianapolis, past president of post B; E. A. Wood, Indianapolis, past secretary of post B; and Charles M. Zink, Indianapolis State secretary. All day sessions were held at the T. P. A. Home, 1025 N. Pennsylvania St., and delegates were entertained Friday night at the home of Gutelius, 3028 Park Ave., with a dinner and smoker.

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SAHARA GROTTO FALL PROGRAM IS ARRANGED Elaborate Preparations Are Made for Ceremonial at South Bend. The fall and early winter program of Sahara Grotto was announced today by Charles Walsh, monarch. The first item is the stated meeting at the Athenaeum, Sept. 24, followed by a stag party Sept. 28 at Tomlinson hall. The stag party will be free to Prophets and their Masonic friends. Ten amateur boxing bouts will be staged as the feature of the evening. Elaborate preparations are being made for the State Grotto Association ceremonial at South Bend, Ind.. Oct. 6. Members will meet at the city hall and march to the Union Station. The special train will leave at 9 a. m. for South Bend and will leave for Indianapolis at 11:30 p. m. Ceremonial Is Planned Uniformed organizations of all Hoosier Grottoes will register at the La Salle Hotel in the morning. A conference of the association will be held at 1 p. m. and a parade will start from the Masonic Temple at 2:15 p. m. The ceremonial, with candidates from almost every Grotto in Indiana, will start at 4 p. m. in the Central High School auditorium. The annual banquet will be held in the Oliver Hotel at 6:30 p. m.. and the day will close with a dance at the Palais Royal in the evening. Raymond F. Murray, Indianapolis attorney, is president and will be in charge of the entire program. Arrange Social Events The Elmore Revue will be held rt the Athenaeum Oct. 15 as the r attraction on the Sahara program, and a stated meeting will be held the same place Oct. 22. Two events in November are the Hard Times dance Nov. 9 at Haddon Hall, and the stated meeting Nov. 26. Another show is scheduled to be held Dec 1 at the Athenaeum, and a short form ceremonial will be given Dec. 14. A stated meeting will be held Dec. 17. The Christmas party at the Orphans’ Home will be held Dec. 21, and the annual Cupid’s Party is scheduled for Dec. 31. Reorganize I. O. O. F. Group Bu Times Special MISHAWAKA, Ind., Sept. 17. Northern Indiana Interurban Association of Odd Fellows has been reorganized and will hold a series of eight meetings this winter for members in twelve counties The first meeting will be held Oct. 6 at Mishawaka, Ind., under the direction of J. S. Martin, La Porte, Ind., district deputy grand master.